sale
♦♦♦ sale /s'eɪl/ (sales)
1 [N-SING] usu with supp
The sale of goods is the act of selling them for money.
Efforts were made to limit the sale of alcohol.
...a proposed arms sale to Saudi Arabia...
2 [N-PLURAL]
The sales of a product are the quantity of it that is sold.
The newspaper has sales of 1.72 million.
...retail sales figures.
3 [N-PLURAL]
The part of a company that deals with sales deals with selling the company's products.
Until 1983 he worked in sales and marketing...
4 [N-COUNT]
A sale is an occasion when a shop sells things at less than their normal price.
...a pair of jeans bought half-price in a sale...
5 [N-COUNT]
A sale is an event when goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price.
The painting was bought by dealers at the Christie's sale.
= auction
6
see also car boot sale, jumble sale
7 [PHRASE]
If something is for sale, it is being offered to people to buy.
His former home is for sale at £495,000...
8 [PHRASE]
Products that are on sale can be bought in shops. (mainly BRIT)
English textbooks and dictionaries are on sale everywhere...
9 [PHRASE]
If products in a shop are on sale, they can be bought for less than their normal price. (AM)
He bought a sports jacket on sale at Gowings Men's Store.
10 [PHRASE]
If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.
The castle has been put up for sale.bring-and-buy sale (bring-and-buy sales)
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A bring-and-buy sale is an informal sale to raise money for a charity or other organization. People who come to the sale bring things to be sold and buy things that other people have brought. (BRIT)car boot sale (car boot sales)
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A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car. (BRIT; in AM, use garage sale)clear|ance sale (clearance sales)
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A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.fire sale (fire sales)
1 [N-COUNT]
A fire sale is an event in which goods are sold cheaply because the shop or storeroom they were in has been damaged by fire.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N n
If you describe a sale of goods or other assets as a fire sale, you mean that everything is being sold very cheaply.
They're likely to hold big fire sales to liquidate their inventory...gar|age sale (garage sales)
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If you have a garage sale, you sell things such as clothes, toys and household items that you do not want, usually in your garage. (mainly AM)jum|ble sale (jumble sales)
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A jumble sale is a sale of cheap second-hand goods, usually held to raise money for charity. (BRIT; in AM, use rummage sale)point of sale (points of sale)
1 [N-COUNT]
The point of sale is the place in a shop where a product is passed from the seller to the customer. The abbreviation POS is also used. (BUSINESS)
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu N n
Point of sale is used to describe things which occur or are located or used at the place where you buy something. The abbreviation POS is also used. (BUSINESS)
...point-of-sale advertising.rum|mage sale (rummage sales)
[N-COUNT]
A rummage sale is a sale of cheap used goods that is usually held to raise money for charity. (AM; in BRIT, use jumble sale)yard sale (yard sales)
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A yard sale is a sale where people sell things they no longer want from a table outside their house. (AM)
1 [N-SING] usu with supp
The sale of goods is the act of selling them for money.
Efforts were made to limit the sale of alcohol.
...a proposed arms sale to Saudi Arabia...
2 [N-PLURAL]
The sales of a product are the quantity of it that is sold.
The newspaper has sales of 1.72 million.
...retail sales figures.
3 [N-PLURAL]
The part of a company that deals with sales deals with selling the company's products.
Until 1983 he worked in sales and marketing...
4 [N-COUNT]
A sale is an occasion when a shop sells things at less than their normal price.
...a pair of jeans bought half-price in a sale...
5 [N-COUNT]
A sale is an event when goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price.
The painting was bought by dealers at the Christie's sale.
= auction
6
see also car boot sale, jumble sale
7 [PHRASE]
If something is for sale, it is being offered to people to buy.
His former home is for sale at £495,000...
8 [PHRASE]
Products that are on sale can be bought in shops. (mainly BRIT)
English textbooks and dictionaries are on sale everywhere...
9 [PHRASE]
If products in a shop are on sale, they can be bought for less than their normal price. (AM)
He bought a sports jacket on sale at Gowings Men's Store.
10 [PHRASE]
If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.
The castle has been put up for sale.bring-and-buy sale (bring-and-buy sales)
[N-COUNT]
A bring-and-buy sale is an informal sale to raise money for a charity or other organization. People who come to the sale bring things to be sold and buy things that other people have brought. (BRIT)car boot sale (car boot sales)
[N-COUNT]
A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car. (BRIT; in AM, use garage sale)clear|ance sale (clearance sales)
[N-COUNT]
A clearance sale is a sale in which the goods in a shop are sold at reduced prices, because the shopkeeper wants to get rid of them quickly or because the shop is closing down.fire sale (fire sales)
1 [N-COUNT]
A fire sale is an event in which goods are sold cheaply because the shop or storeroom they were in has been damaged by fire.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N n
If you describe a sale of goods or other assets as a fire sale, you mean that everything is being sold very cheaply.
They're likely to hold big fire sales to liquidate their inventory...gar|age sale (garage sales)
[N-COUNT]
If you have a garage sale, you sell things such as clothes, toys and household items that you do not want, usually in your garage. (mainly AM)jum|ble sale (jumble sales)
[N-COUNT]
A jumble sale is a sale of cheap second-hand goods, usually held to raise money for charity. (BRIT; in AM, use rummage sale)point of sale (points of sale)
1 [N-COUNT]
The point of sale is the place in a shop where a product is passed from the seller to the customer. The abbreviation POS is also used. (BUSINESS)
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu N n
Point of sale is used to describe things which occur or are located or used at the place where you buy something. The abbreviation POS is also used. (BUSINESS)
...point-of-sale advertising.rum|mage sale (rummage sales)
[N-COUNT]
A rummage sale is a sale of cheap used goods that is usually held to raise money for charity. (AM; in BRIT, use jumble sale)yard sale (yard sales)
[N-COUNT]
A yard sale is a sale where people sell things they no longer want from a table outside their house. (AM)